Radio Amateurs of Canada is a not-for-profit membership association with headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is a national organization, representing the interests of amateur radio all across Canada. Speaking on behalf of Canadian radio amateurs, RAC provides liaison with government agencies and carries the amateur voice about regulatory and spectrum issues to the discussion table with government and industry leaders, nationally and internationally. RAC is the Canadian voting member society of the International Amateur Radio Union, (IARU). RAC also provides many services, publications and supplies to its members to enhance their enjoyment of amateur radio.

Duties and Responsibilities:

General office duties including, but not limited to:

Handling incoming and outgoing mail

Responding to telephone and email inquires from members, advertisers and vendors

The Radio Amateurs of/du Canada is pleased to hold the Eighteenth Annual General Meeting (AGM) on July 30th in historic St. John’s Newfoundland at the Battery Hotel and Conference Center – Signal Hill at 1600hrs UTC. The AGM will be held in conjunction with the Hamfest 2011 events hosted by the Society of Newfoundland Radio Amateurs (SONRA).

This year the Radio Amateurs of /du Canada will be offering a webinar of the Annual General Meeting and Question Period for those RAC members that pre-register and pre-submit questions by July 29th for the webinar service. Please visit the SONRA website at http://www.sonra.ca/racagmwebinar.php for information on registering for the webinar.

The Radio Amateurs of Canada Field Organization National Secretariat is seeking the services of a Public Information Officer (PIO). Operating at the national level within the Secretariat, the successful candidate will report to the Vice President Field Services.

Candidates with the following knowledge, skills and abilities will be considered:

Ability to assist Section Managers in the recruiting and training of PIO’s for each RAC Section.
Knowledge of the principles and methods of planning and conducting a public information program.
Knowledge of the media used in public relations.
Ability to plan and conduct a public information program.
Ability to write and edit various forms of promotional and informational material and to develop and/or select other types of media such as films and exhibits.
Ability to discern and collect newsworthy materials, to analyze and evaluate public relations media and methods, and to judge probable public reaction.
Ability to speak effectively in public.
Ability to work effectively with RAC Affiliated Clubs and the RAC national Bulletin Service.
If you feel that you possess these abilities, and would like to be considered for this important position, please contact the undersigned.

The coming weekend, July 9th and 10th, the 2011 version of the IARU HF World Championship will take place.

The objective of this SSB and CW contest is to contact as many other amateurs, especially IARU member society HQ stations, around the world using the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meter bands. It is open to all radio amateurs around the world.

We invite IARU member societies to actively participate with their HQ stations.

The rules for this year’s contest can found here: http://www.arrl.org/iaru-hf-championship